Chapter 6 Quiz

Question 1

somatic symptoms and related disorders

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grouping of psychological disorders that involve physical symptoms or anxiety over illness

Question 2

somatic symptoms and related disorders includes (4)

Answer 2

Somatic Symptom Disorders
Illness Anxiety Disorder
Conversion Disorder
Factitious Disorder

Question 3

DSM-5 criteria of somatic and dissociative (physical symptoms)

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have to be associated with significant impairment or stress

Question 4

somatic symptom disorder

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have a pattern of reporting and reacting to pain or other physical symptoms

Question 5

patterns in somatic symptom disorder occur for at least

Answer 5

6 months

Question 6

in somatic symptoms disorder, the person

Answer 6

remains convinced they have a serious disease even when tests rule out illness

Question 7

somatic symptoms disorder is most common in (3)

Answer 7

African Americans
Those with less high school education
Lower socioeconomic standing

Question 8

example of symptoms of SSD (5)

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vommitting
chest pain
dizzyness
amnesia
irregular menstrual

Question 9

illness anxiety disorder

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chronic pattern of preoccupation with having or contracting a serious illness

Question 10

illness anxiety disorder pattern must be present for at least

Answer 10

6 months

Question 11

IAD is strongly associated with

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someone’s thoughts. the person misinterprets bodily variations as an indication of a serious illness

Question 12

Conversion disorder

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a condition involving sensory or motor impairment suggestive of a neurological disorder but with no underlying medical cause

Question 13

conversion disorder symptoms (3)

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muscle weakness
paralysis
loss of sensation

Question 14

psychogenic movement disorders are

Answer 14

the most common conversion symptoms seen in neurological clinics

Question 15

symptoms of psychogenic movement disorders (3)

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disturbances of walking
sensory symptoms (ex: blindness)
psychogenic seizures

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individuals with psychogenic movement are not

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malingering (faking illness) and report conversion symptoms started because of a stressor

Question 17

factitious disorders

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mental disorders in which a person deliberately induces or stimulates symptoms of a physical or mental illness with no apparent incentive other than attention from medical personnel or others

Question 18

factitious disorders are different from malingering because

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factitious usually has a goal in mind like obtaining money

Question 19

example of factitious disorder

Answer 19

gypsy rose

Question 20

Treatments of SSD (2)

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antidepressants
medication is rarely successful in isolation :(

Question 21

Psychological treatment of SSD

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cognitive behavioral approaches

Question 22

Dissociative disorders

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a group of disorders, including dissociative amnesia, dissociative identity disorder, and depersonalization disorder.

Question 23

dissociation

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occurs when a traumatic event of stressful circumstances may result in a sudden partial or total loss of important personal information or memory of a specific event